unitedhealthcare. >>> good morning. it's 8:00 on the east coast. 5:00 a.m. on the west coast. time to wake up as you take a live look at new york city. welcome back to "morning joe." back with us on set, we have mike barnicle and steve ratner. >> not that i'm not interested in your obesity story. but afghanistan. mike barnicle, who would ever believe that these troops, it says these troops still need help. if they want to shoot american troops, they don't need any help, they keep the gun steady. >> that's front page "new york times." they need help. yesterday afternoon, 5:00 yesterday afternoon -- >> you could smell it coming, mike. we'll be stuck there after 2014. >> a plane landed at albany, new york, lance corporal, 26 years of age. his body was on that plane, he is going it be buriied today. yesterday it was announced that nicholas checque was killed rescuing an american. front page "new york times" we have to get out of there. >> the thing is, we've been saying it since 2009 when they were talking about tripling the number of troops. it doesn't work in afghanistan. we wen